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AFTER ALL THESE YEARS is a hilarious, heartfelt, and deliciously unfiltered musical memoir of producer/songwriter Al Tapper packed with first loves, lost weekends, show-business dreams, political satire, romantic misadventures, and a few stories that probably should have stayed at the bar.
Part concert, part comedy, and part affectionate roast, the musical celebration runs the gamut from Stephen Sondheim to Joey Buttafuoco—with stops along the way for Doris Day, Vladimir Putin, teenage lust, middle-aged regret,
and the occasional dirty martini.
With Al appearing on screen and a live company bringing his songs to life, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS proves that one man’s memories can be funny, touching, outrageous, and just inappropriate enough to deserve their own musical.
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AL TAPPER
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS
Al Tapper’s musicals have enjoyed notable success. His off-Broadway debut, iMperfect Chemistry, opened at the Minetta Lane Theatre in 2000, followed by the revue From Where I Stand at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (2004). His musical Sessions ran for over 300 performances at the Peter Sharp Theater (Playwrights Horizons) and the Algonquin Theatre. An Evening at the Carlyle also played the Algonquin and was named “Best Show of the Summer” by UPI in 2010. Tapper wrote the music and lyrics for National Pastime, produced at the Keegan Theatre and considered for a Helen Hayes Award. He then created An Unbalanced Mind, On the Right Track, Bettinger’s Luggage, David, and Upside Down. As a producer, Tapper brought to the screen the acclaimed documentary Broadway: The Golden Age, By the Legends Who Were There, which won thirteen Best Film, Documentary, and Audience Awards, as well as Broadway: The Jewish Legacy. His award-winning film This Ordinary Thing chronicles the courageous acts of righteous Gentiles who saved Jews during the Holocaust.
BRIAN CHILDERS
DIRECTOR
Brian Childers (Director) has built a career that bridges directing, producing, acting and performing. He most recently directed Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice and the Off-Broadway hit Love Quirks, which earned him the 2021 Broadway World Award for Best Director of a Musical. His work has also been seen at the Orlando Fringe with Technology, Breasts and Other World Issues. As a producer and director, Brian has brought a wide range of projects to the stage, from a series of Broadway by the Year cabarets for American Century Theater in Washington, D.C., to his own Helen Hayes Award–winning one-man show An Evening with Danny Kaye, which toured nationally. Extending his creative reach into music, he also co-produced his solo album Life Unfurled with his brother, Mark Childers. Brian is a proud member of Actors Equity Association. As an actor, he received the 2002 Helen Hayes Award for “Outstanding Leading Actor in a Musical” and the Mary Goldwater Award for his performance as Danny Kaye in Danny and Sylvia: A Musical Love Story. OFF BROADWAY: Danny and Sylvia, The Danny Kaye Musical (Danny Kaye), An Unbalanced Mind, On the Right Track(AMT Theater (NATIONAL TOUR: The Kid from Brooklyn (Danny Kaye—Original), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Tom Sawyer).
DAVID WOLFSON
MUSIC DIRECTION & ARRANGEMENTS
David Wolfson has served as music director and/or arranger for numerous regional and Off-Broadway productions, including Al Tapper and Tony Sportiello's Upside Down and The Paparazzi, and has played in the pits of over twenty-five Broadway shows, including all three productions of Les Miserables. He holds a PhD in music composition from Rutgers University, and is the composer of Fortune’s Children, the world’s first Zoom opera. To hear David’s original music, please visit www.davidwolfsonmusic.net.